General Maintenance And Cleaning - Quadra-Fire CLASSIC BAY 1200 Owner's Manual

C. General Maintenance and Cleaning
1. Types of Fuel
The type of fuel you are burning will dictate how often you
have to clean your fire pot.
If the fuel you are burning has a high dirt or ash content or
you are burning shelled field corn, it may be necessary to
clean the fire pot more than once a day.
Dirty fuel will cause clinkers to form in the fire pot. A clinker
is formed when dirt, ash or a non-burnable substance is
heated to 2000°F (1093°C) and becomes glass-like. See
page 9 in this section for more details on fuels with high
ash content.
Clinker
Figure 19.1
2. Cleaning Fire pot with Cleaning Rod & Fire pot
Scraper
• Frequency: Daily or more often as needed
• By: Homeowner
a. The appliance must be in complete shutdown and
cool and the exhaust blower off.
NOTE: If you are just cleaning the fire pot, there is no
need to unplug the insert.
b. Pull fire pot cleaning rod OUT a couple of times
to help shake debris loose. If rod is hard to pull, it
may be necessary to use your fire pot clean-out
tool to chip away material that has built up on the
bottom plate of the fire pot and to push out any
clinkers. Larger clinkers may have to be removed
from the top of the fire pot. Corn clinkers can be
especially difficult to break up.
c. The fire pot floor plate must be fully closed when
finished (Figure 19.2).
WARNING
Fire Risk
• NEVER pull fire pot cleaning rod or
cleaning slide plates out when appliance
is operating.
• The cleaning slide plates must be fully
CLOSED when appliance is operating.
• Hot pellets may fall into ash pan and start
a fire or mis-starts due to lack of vacuum.
June 4, 2019
Figure 19.2
3. Ash Removal from Firebox
• Frequency: Every 5 bags or weekly or more frequently
depending on ash build-up.
• By: Homeowner
a. There must not be any hot ashes in the firebox
during cleaning so allow the appliance to
completely cool. The firebox ash should be
removed every time the exhaust path is cleaned.
Frequent cleaning of the ash in the firebox will
help slow down the build-up of ash in the exhaust
blower and vent system.
b. Plug in your appliance, if unplugged, and turn the
thermostat on and immediately shut it off to start
the exhaust blower on its cycle time. It will pull fly
ash out the exhaust instead of into the room.
c. Open door. Remove ash with an ash vacuum or
whisk broom and small dust pan.
d. This ash is deposited in the same ash pan as the
fire pot debris. The ash pan should be emptied
every time you clean the firebox. Remember
to place the ash and debris into a metal or
noncombustible container.
e. The cleaning rods must be fully closed when
cleaning is complete (See Disposal of Ashes).
4. Cleaning Ash Pan
• Frequency: Weekly or every 5 bags of fuel
• By: Homeowner
Empty into a non-combustible container and re-install ash
pan (See Disposal of Ashes).
Fire Risk
• The cleaning slide plates must be fully
CLOSED when appliance is operating.
Hot pellets may fall into ash pan and start
a fire.
7027-802C
CB1200 Free Standing
Back side of Firepot
Firepot floor left open
WARNING
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